Industries In Various Countries Research Articles

5S APPLICATION TRAINING (SEIRI, SEITON, SEISŌ, SEIKETSU, AND SHITSUKE) TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF WORK ENVIRONMENT IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY

National industries already have policies that are able to strengthen industrial competitiveness, especially small and medium businesses. Business activities in the form of manufacturing Small Industries are the backbone of the real economy that encourages the welfare of the community because the numbers are very large and spread in various regions. because it is generally close to residential and business centers. National policies that can encourage competitiveness, for example, are carried out in the form of soft loans, training, incentives, tax breaks, business assistance, ease of regulation and various forms of support. But it must be understood that what is no less important is how the small manufacturing industry itself can make competitive steps both in capturing markets and in the efficient form of work operations within its organization. At present, the 5S method (Seiri, Seiton, Seisō, Seiketsu, and Shitsuke) has been widely adopted by various industries in various countries. The 5S method (Seiri, Seiton, Seisō, Seiketsu, and Shitsuke) was first introduced in Japan as a determination to conduct sorting (Seiri), structuring (Seiton), cleansing (Seisō), maintaining steady conditions (Seiketsu), and self-awareness of the habits needed to carry out work well (Shitsuke). The implementation of community service activities in the form of socialization and training on the application of 5S (Seiri, Seiton, Seisō, Seiketsu, andShitsuke) to improve the quality of the work environment in the service industry is packaged in the form of simple, easy to understand concepts planned for three months.

Bank loan loss provisions research: A review of the empirical literature

This paper aims to provide an overview of the literature on Loan loss provisions in the Banking industry. This research was conducted by reviewing some literature. LLP is a solution for banks to deal with risks that will be faced by banks or as a prudent banking principle. We have reviewed and mapped the literature in several sections, developments in the Basel Regulations, mapping LLP literature based on the research area, and LLP and hypothesis mapping. The main fact that we reveal is that most banks use LLP regulations for various purposes. This paper relies on the literature and highlights information as well as important issues related to LLP in the research field, this study highlights several important issues related to the banking industry in various countries. This study observed the role of LLP during the application of Basel III regulation which tended to provide flexibility to bank managers in determining provision reserves. We have reviewed the specific LLP literature in one country and cross-country research. This study identifies gaps and provides direction that can be used as a research contribution in the future. JEL Classification: G1, G2, G4 DOI : https://doi.org/10.26905/jkdp.v23i2.2835

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Hevea brasiliensis is the major source of natural rubber. Natural rubber being a unique biopolymer of strategic importance needs to be continuously well managed and protected against biotic damages. Many rubber producing countries include South East Asia, Africa and Latin America among others. Corynespora leaf fall caused by Corynespora cassiicola is currently considered as the most destructive leaf disease of Hevea rubber in Asian and African continents causing about 45% of yield loss. It had caused great loss to the rubber industry in various countries, thus the need for prompt action against the disease. The rubber breeding over the years have been on the development of clones with high yield combined with the desirable secondary traits. The resistance of rubber clones to C. cassiicolla depends on its ability to neutralize the toxin or its use of the hypersensitive response of the clone. The major objective of this review was to awaken the consciousness to C. cassiicolla, having in mind that rubber clones once tolerant to the disease had later become susceptible. Key words: Bio polymer, Corynespora cassiicolla, Hevea brasiliensis, natural rubber, tolerant.

Research on Cross-Cultural Marketing of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Belt and Road Initiative —Take Acupuncture as an Example

The promotion and dissemination of TCM culture is an important component of the national science and technology link along the Belt and Road as well as the basis for building a community of healthy destinies. In recent years, there has been a worldwide boom in acupuncture academic research, acupuncture cross-cultural marketing has developed rapidly. Understanding and grasping the development status of acupuncture and moxibustion in foreign countries and its future development trends are of great significance to how acupuncture and moxibustion go further into the world and also greatly promote and represent the status and impact of cross-cultural communication of "Chinese elements". Chinese medicine is a treasure of ancient Chinese science, a key to open the treasure house of Chinese civilization, and a forerunner of the great rejuvenation of Chinese civilization. With the development of the time, the exchanges between countries are now more and more frequent, and the cross-cultural industries in various countries are flourishing in our country. Similarly, in order to carry forward our traditional culture and integrate it with the economy, it is necessary to understand the cross-cultural marketing of some industries that contain "elements of China." "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine" has been spread to foreign countries for thousands of years. With the growing power of our country and the improvement of our right to speak, "Chinese elements" have also gradually drawn the attention of all parties. In particular, acupuncture and moxibustion are of great significance in safeguarding human health and preventing and treating diseases. Achievements and impacts have drawn more and more attention from the international community. In recent years, the research boom in acupuncture and moxibustion has been set off in the world. The cross-cultural marketing research on acupuncture and moxibustion has developed rapidly.

Открываем Центральную Азию: перспективы развития туризма по тропам Великого Шёлкового пути

The article considers the prospects of tourism development in five countries of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. The author analyzes cultural, social and economic aspects of the tourism industry in the region. The main directions of activity of international organi-zations in the framework of tourism promotion programs are given. Central Asia has a huge potential for the tourism development. The study of the current state of tourism in Central Asia is becoming increasingly important. Tourism resources have every chance to become part of the national wealth of the countries of this region. In the group of factors determining socio-economic development of the countries in the region are natural resources, the level of production and investment, social infrastructure, management quality, international competitiveness, etc. The need for the regional development management system is conditioned by regionalization processes inherent to the current economic situation, oriented to ensuring positive national economic dynamics and maximum using the region’s potential. The studying problem of regional development makes it possible to justify, as one of the directions of its solution, the use of cluster technologies oriented to those branches of the economy that can become a vector of regional development. According to experts, the tourism industry is one of the most profitable sectors of the economy of the region. This industry covers numerous sectors of the economy and various links between them. The main tourist routes in the present time, covering many objects of the Great Silk Road, do not offer a more detailed study of the local historical, architectural and archaeological heritage. The lack of infrastructure facilities is the reason for this. This fact forces us to search solutions, which will provide a comfortable environment for both tourists and researchers. At present, the Central Asian countries occupy a very modest place in the world market of tourist services. According to many experts, the demand for sanatorium, tourist and excursion services has decreased due to the transition period, and the existing network of tourist institutions, boarding houses, rest homes needs reconstruction. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, tourism in the Central Asian republics began to develop independently, without common approaches and concepts. In many respects this is determined by the fact that the new states have chosen their own models of socio-economic development, different from each other. The different level of political freedoms, economic development features determine the current state of the tourism industry in various countries of Central Asia. The perspective of tourism development in this region is quite difficult, but an interesting task, necessary for familiarizing humanity with the most interesting culture of peoples inhabiting Central Asia and developing the economies of countries.

Algorithm of multi-criterion green process assessment for renewable raw materials bioconversion

Green Chemistry is one of the most important and practically used tools to integrate principles of sustainable development and green economy in the field of chemistry and the chemical industry in various countries. There is a number of metrics in the field of green chemistry. The research presented is an original algorithm of multi-criterion green process assessment for renewable raw materials bioconversion. The algorithm is used when the process of obtaining the same target substance N is possible to be carried out in many ways (or under different conditions). In this case, the researcher task is to choose the best process in compliance with the principles of green chemistry. The multiple-factor complex assessment is to be used to choose the optimum process conditions. The algorithm designed was tested for efficiency in choosing the optimal processes of acid hydrolysis of deproteinized meals. The deproteinized sunflower meal preprocessing efficiency analysis was carried out during the course of its microbiological conversion into a vegetable protein and carbohydrate feed supplement taking into account the principles of green chemistry. The methodology testing was based on the experimental data obtained by chemical hydrolysis of deproteinized residues, and two-stage pretreatment process of deproteinized residues processing comprising the steps of chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis. The combination of chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis in two-stage deproteinized sunflower meal processing was justified. The proposed algorithm allowed not only to determine the effective ranges of parameters of deproteinized sunflower meal processing, but also allowed to justify the possibility of its optimization due to the both processes combined.

Фітнес-індустрія: стан і перспективи розвитку у країнах світу

Liubov ChekhovskaFitness industry is a sphere of successful and promising business in many countries around the world. That is why it is necessary and relevant to study the prospects for the development of the international fitness industry. Purpose: to study the state of functioning and prospects for the development of the fitness industry in the world. Material & Methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific literature, sources and information of the world internet, documentary method, system analysis method, comparison and compare method. Results: the article presents an analysis of the fitness market in different countries in the world. The volume of the market is determined by the number of fitness clubs, the number of clients and profitability. Examines the key trends in the industry of sports services, its economic performance. The top 20 most popular fitness networks of the world are determined. Describes the fitness industry in the US and Russia. Conclusion: fitness industry in various countries of the world develops and strengthens positions on the world arena, during 2012–2016. concluded the most successful transactions. The total revenue of the fitness industry in 2015 was 81 billion dollars. In 2016, most European operators of fitness clubs expected financial growth.

Existence of vimentin and GFAP protein expressions as a result of 2-Methoxyethanol administration in cerebral cortex tissue of Swiss Webster mice (Mus musculus): an immunohistochemical analysis.

Une of the plastic-based materials widely used in the plastics industry in various countries is ester phthalate. This compound will be oxidized in the body into 2-methoxyethanol (2-ME). The effect of 2-ME on human health and environment depends on the number, duration and the frequency of exposure. Recently, the incidence of brain damage tends to increase. In the last decade, it has been widely reported the negative effects of chemical pollutants to the environment. The aim of this study were to know the existence of the expression of Vimentin and GFAP proteins caused by 2-ME on the histological structure of the cerebral cortex of mice fetal during the prenatal period on gestation day 14 (GD 14) and day 18 (GD 18). The 2-ME compound was injected intraperitoneally with a dose of 7.5 mmol kg(-1) of body weight at GD-10. The result showed that there is a change in existence Vimentin protein in the cerebral cortex fetal of treated mice at GD 14, which is very conspicuous. Meanwhile, a change in existence of GFAP protein in cerebral cortex fetal of treated mice at GD 14, have relatively no difference from controls and no impact on histological structure changes of the cerebral corteks at GD 14. The change in existence of Vimentin protein in the cerebral cortex fetal of treated mice at GD 14 have an impact on histological structure of the cerebral cortex of mice treated at GD 18. It is believed that the impact is due to the effects of 2-methoxyethanol.

Energy Consumption in Indian Non-Ferrous Industries: Need for Bench Marking of Data

Being an energy-intensive industry, the energy usage pattern in the non-ferrous metal industry merits close observation with the intention to bring down specific energy consumption for all metals. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has taken up extensive programmes for international benchmarking, based on data available from individual industries of various countries. Major producers of non-ferrous metals across the globe have initiated measures to reduce energy consumption per unit weight of product at important production steps and have gained substantial benefits. Adoption of superior technology has been shown to also mitigate emission of toxic gases. Extensive Reports and Reviews, particularly from the European Union countries and organizations such as International Aluminium Institute, have made available extensive verifiable data on the energy usage by the member countries. However, although the non-ferrous metal sector in India has been on expansion mode, the industry in general is reluctant to publish data on energy usage in various plants and measures to mitigate emissions. The actions of concerned government agencies in this direction are neither transparent nor available in public domain. Extensive and verifiable data for each step of production can identify Best Practice Technology (BPT) as a first step, based on which subsequently benchmarking standards for energy consumption can be arrived at.

Lean Six Sigma Initiative: Business Engineering Practices and Performance in Malaysian Automotive Industry

The automotive industry in various countries struggle to sustain a high degree of lean practice due to competitive market and customer pressure. Recently, Integration between lean and six sigma initiatives are increasingly implemented in the industry. The importance and relationship between lean practices and organizational performance has been highlighted in many studied. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) practices and organizational performance in Malaysian automotive industries. A Conceptual model using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) has been proposed. This model will be used to study the relationship between LSS practices and organizational performance in Malaysian automotive industries. Based on the proposed conceptual model and reviewed, research hypotheses are being developed. The paper concludes with suggest future research work.

Distillation Time Changes Oregano Essential Oil Yields and Composition but Not the Antioxidant or Antimicrobial Activities

Oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) is an important medicinal, culinary, and essential oil plant. Oregano essential oil is extracted from either leaves or shoots through steam distillation. Researchers and industry in various countries reported different distillation times (DTs) for oregano; however, there are no reports on optimum DT. This study evaluated the effect of DT (1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 240, 360 min) on essential oil yield, composition, and antioxidant activity of the oregano essential oil. In general, the concentration of the low boiling essential oil constituents (alpha-thujene, alpha-pinene, camphene, l-octen-3-ol, myrcene, alpha-terpinene, paracymene, beta-phellandrene/limonene, gamma-terpinene, cis-sabinene hydrate, terpinolene) were highest at the shortest DT (1.25 or 2.5 min), reduced with increasing DT up to 40 min, and then stayed the same. However, the concentration of the major oil constituent, carvacrol, was lowest at the shortest DT of 1.25 min (18%) and increased steadily with increasing DT up to 40 min, where it leveled at 80% to 82%. The concentration of other higher boiling constituents (borneol, 4-terpineol, beta-bisabolene, beta-caryophylenne) was maximum at 5 to 20 min DT. Maximum yield of the low boiling constituents was achieved at relatively short DT, at ≈20 min DT, and peaked again at 240 min DT. Maximum yields of alpha-terpinene, beta-phellandrene/limonene, and gamma-terpinene were reached at 240 min DT. Maximum yields of paracymene cis-sabinene hydrate, terpinolene, and transsabinene hydrate were also achieved at 240 min DT, but yields at 20 min DT were not different. Yields of borneol, 4-terpinenol, carvacrol, beta-caryophyllene, and beta-bisabolene also were highest at 240 min DT. Distillation time at 20, 80, or 360 min did not alter antioxidant or antimicrobial activity of oregano oil. The relationship between the concentration and yield of the constituents with DT was adequately modeled by the asymptotic and Michaelis-Menten nonlinear regression models, respectively. Results demonstrated that 1) DT can be used to obtain oregano essential oil with differential composition; 2) maximum essential oil yield of steam-distilled oregano leaves could be obtained at 240 min DT; and 3) reports on oregano essential oil yield and composition using different DTs may not be comparable. Results from this study will aid in comparing published reports on oregano essential oil that used different lengths of DT.

Modern Banking And Strategic Portfolio Management

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 34.2pt 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In this research, an analysis of modern banking in a competitive environment is provided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Modern banking operations would involve dynamic strategic planning, in which a clear mission is declared, various strategies are formulated, and certain objectives and goals are placed in order. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The banking industry in various countries has gone through some evolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The growing competitive conditions, both inside and outside the industry, have influenced the banks’ investment in diverse assets and adoption of various forms of liabilities, which will be discussed here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Risk analysis, risk management, and operations under uncertainties would put a bank’s survival and/or failure under a critical observation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This research provides a practical manual on bank investment under uncertain conditions, in which various kinds of risk are involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>While a competitive treatment of customers has always been of a critical significance to financial stability of banks, appropriate strategic decisions on investment choices and techniques have distinguished the thriving from the struggling banks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Among those alternative investment choices, one may clearly find the investment practices under varying interest-rate conditions of prime significance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The influence of cyber-technology on banks’ services, policy making, forms of money & credit, including, e-money, electronic payments, digital cash, smart cards, online banking, etc., has attracted special attention by all the stakeholders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The authors will address the following three questions: 1. What portfolio structure in a variable interest-rate environment is proven to be most profitable?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>2. What are the most appropriate products that modern banks must provide to their customers? 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>How is the task of risk management implemented by some successful banks?</span></span></p>

Are Butter and Margarine Close Substitutes? New Evidence From New Zealand

In many economics textbooks, butter and margarine are given as an example of close substitute goods. Indeed, margarine was developed originally as a substitute for butter, and for long time margarine was perceived as being such a close substitute for butter that dairy industries in various countries pushed for the enactment of laws to restrict or prohibit the sale of margarine. However, as margarine has developed into a product in its own right, and has been promoted as a low fat and healthy food, and customers have gradually become more health conscious over time, are they still close substitutes? We test this question using a range of quantitative techniques, such as price correlation, co-integration, and demand analysis, applied to weekly supermarket scanner data on the sales volumes and prices of butter, margarine, and butter blend, for the period 2003 to 2005, in New Zealand. The results suggest that butter and margarine may not be close substitutes after all, and that textbook authors may need to find new examples of close substitutes for their economics textbooks.

Born-global: The case of four Vietnamese SMEs

Despite the fact that many firms in a wide range of industries in various countries internationalize at or near inception, research on factors leading to the formation of born-globals has been limited to firms from advanced, open economies. In order to give a voice to the phenomenon of Vietnamese founding born-globals, we conducted an exploratory, multiple-case study. Three findings of this study are: (1) the major driver to the formation of Vietnamese born-globals is the entrepreneurs’ leadership desire together with the need for short-term profits; (2) their choice of internationalization mode is influenced by market conditions as well as the internationalization degree of the industries in which they find their business opportunities; and (3) the reason why other motivators found in earlier studies do not apply lies in the peculiarity of the Vietnam context.

Modernizing metallurgical plants and providing them with modern equipment

The Novokramatorsk Machine Plant is one of the largest industrial engineering complexes on the European continent and is continuing its tradition of specializing in the design’ fabrication’ and turnkey delivery of mining-metallurgical’ hoisting-transportation’ and other types of equipment used to modernize different industries in various countries.

Increasing returns to information in the US popular music industry

Using data relating to ‘number one’ hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, we find clear evidence of increasing returns to information in the US market for popular music. This evidence supports related findings for the motion picture industry in various countries, and for Broadway productions.

Firm Financing through IPOs: A Study of Causal Variables Responsible for Under-Pricing

One major source of business financing is through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). Historically, IPOs received high initial first day gains compared to the market performance. These gains reflect external factors and not the company's true value, thereby suggesting the under-priced IPO. The recent researches on IPOs in different markets for different industries in various countries, have focused on under-pricing and show that the under-pricing is evident in case of book-building route as well as fixed price-band offers. This study attempts to identify causal variables behind high initial gains for Indian IPOs using earlier researches and testing them over a sample of Indian IPOs to examine the influence of non-fundamental factors and signalling effects on under-pricing

Recent Trends in Leather Making: Processes, Problems, and Pathways

Leather processing has emerged as an important economic activity in several developing countries. Awareness of environmental problems has increased considerably and during recent years protecting environment has become a global issue. Currently the leather processing industry is going through a phase change due to global environmental regulations. The article summarizes the current leather processing methods with their rationale and environmental problems. It has been revealed that pretanning and tanning processes contribute 80–90% of the total pollution load (BOD, COD, TS, TDS, Cr, S2−, sludge, etc.). Further, toxic gases like ammonia and hydrogen sulfide are also emitted. Volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, and carcinogenic arylamines from posttanning and finishing operations are also creating severe concern. Apart from this, a great deal of solid wastes like lime sludge from tannery and chrome sludge from effluent treatment plants are being generated. Advanced processing techniques as well as effluent treatment strategies for combating environmental and human health risks are reviewed in detail. The leather processing industry in various countries, however, is facing a serious challenge from the public and government. This is in spite of the implementation of several advanced processing techniques and treatment systems. Hence, there is a need to revamp leather processing methods anew for the sustainability of leather industry. Some of the novel concepts in leather processing are briefly mentioned and discussed.

IEEE standard upper ontology: a progress report

The IEEE Standard Upper Ontology (IEEE, 2001) is an effort to create a large, general-purpose, formal ontology. The ontology will be an open standard that can be reused for both academic and commercial purposes without fee, and it will be designed to support additional domain-specific ontologies. The effort is targeted for use in automated inference, semantic interoperability between heterogeneous information systems and natural language processing applications. The effort was begun in May 2000 with an e-mail discussion list, and since then there have been over 6000 e-mail messages among 170 subscribers. These subscribers include representatives from government, academia and industry in various countries. The effort was officially approved as an IEEE standards project in December 2000. Recently a successful workshop was held at IJCAI 2001 to discuss progress and proposals for this project (IJCAI, 2001).

Service Competitiveness – An Anglo‐US Study

This article reports on the latest in a series of international comparisons of management practices and performance outcomes of industries in various countries. Here, it is the service industries in the UK and the US which come under the microscope. Among the companies surveyed, there were more world‐class performers in the US than the UK, but also more low performers. The concluding part of the article is diagnostic – the authors also suggest measures which could improve performance.